Why is D unpopular?

[Paulo Pinto]

On Friday, 29 April 2022 at 20:17:38 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 4/29/2022 12:10 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
>> So why did other native languages suddenly start doing it 
>> after D did to the point of it being something a language 
>> can't skip anymore?
>
> I've seen endless lists of features people wanted to add to C 
> and C++. None of them were CTFE. When we added it to D, people 
> were excited and surprised.

Only those lacking sound CS background in language research.